> That said... anyone up for making a tiny circuit (I'm thinking, around
> the size of a flash stick) that plugs into a USB port and has a little
> tiny switching boost regular, plus maybe a linear, and brings whatever
> you have on the port up to a perfect 5V? 

If you just want 5V irrespective of the USB voltage, why not use 
target-powered mode and a good wall-wart?

If you realy care about variable-level verification (aka production 
programming) Olin has some offers that esseintially do the same and are 
bound to be easier...

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